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ARRB’s laboratory has a range of sophisticated pavement testing equipment that can assess bound and unbound materials, recycled materials (including RAP, glass, crushed concrete, crushed brick). Some of the tests that our laboratory can undertake (inclusive but not limited to):

Capabilities / Tests

Aggregates / Soil / Stabilised materials:

AS 1141.4, Methods for sampling and testing aggregates: bulk density of aggregate.

AS 1141.5, Methods for sampling and testing aggregates: particle density and water absorption of fine aggregate.

AS 1141.6.1, Methods for sampling and testing aggregates: particle density and water absorption of coarse aggregate: weighing-in-water method.

AS 1141.6.2, Methods for sampling and testing of aggregates: particle density and water absorption of coarse aggregate: Pycnometer method.

AS/NZS 1141.7, Methods for sampling and testing aggregates: apparent particle density of filler.

AS 1141.11.1, Methods for sampling and testing aggregates: particle size distribution: sieving method.

AS 1141.12, Methods for sampling and testing aggregates: materials finer than 75μm in aggregates (by washing).

AS/NZS 1141.17, Methods for sampling and testing aggregates: voids in dry compacted filler.

AS 1141.40, Methods for sampling and testing aggregates: polished aggregate friction value: vertical road-wheel machine.

AS 1289.3.1.2, Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes: soil classification tests: determination of the liquid limit of a soil: one point Casagrande method (subsidiary method).

AS 1289.3.2.1, Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes: soil classification tests: determination of the plastic limit of a soil: standard method.

AS 1289.3.3.1, Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes: soil classification tests: calculation of the plasticity index of a soil.

AS 1289.3.5.1, Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes: soil classification tests: determination of the soil particle density of a soil: standard method.

AS 1289.5.1.1, Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes: soil compaction and density tests: determination of the dry density/moisture content relation of a soil using standard compactive effort.

AS 1289.5.2.1, Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes: soil compaction and density tests: determination of the dry density/moisture content relation of a soil using modified compactive effort.

AS 1289.5.4.1, Methods of testing soils for engineering purposes: soil compaction and density tests: compaction control test: dry density ratio, moisture variation and moisture ratio.

AS 5101.4, Methods for preparation and testing of stabilized materials: unconfined compressive strength of compacted materials.

AGPT/T053, Determination of permanent deformation and resilient modulus characteristics of unbound granular materials under drained conditions.

AGPT/T054, Determination of permanent deformation characteristics of unbound granular materials by the wheel-tracking test.

AGPT/T301, Determining the foaming characteristics of bitumen.

AGPT/T302, Mixing of foamed bitumen stabilised materials.

AGPT/T303, Compaction of test cylinders of foamed bitumen stabilised materials: part 1:  dynamic compaction using Marshall Drop Hammer.

AGPT/T305, Resilient modulus of foamed bitumen stabilised materials.

Four point bending (flexural strength, flexural modulus & flexural fatigue) of bound, unbound and foamed materials.

 

Field testing new & existing surfaces

AS/NZS 4586, Slip resistance classification of new pedestrian surface material.

AS 4663, Slip resistance measurement of existing pedestrian surfaces.

AGPT/T250, Modified surface texture depth (Pestle method).

 

Calibration of portable skid resistance testers:

BS 7976-3, Pendulum testers: method of calibration.

ARRB Procedure ATM No 6: Detailed procedures for calibration of the British portable skid resistance tester.

 

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